Social care diary: ‘The grandmother breaks down in tears at the news’

My job supporting kinship carers brings me face-to-face with the elation and heartbreak that decisions by social services departments can bring, writes Jacqueline Williamson… Monday I visit a 57-year-old single grandmother who’s been raising her 13-year-old granddaughter since she was a few days old. The grandmother says social services have turned down her application to [...]